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Re:You can’t fix diversity in tech without fixing the techni... by mark-r on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @07:03PM (#12860196)
My wife worked as a programmer for a while. There were two aspects that drove her out. First was the cliquey nature of the guys she worked with, she just felt like she didn't fit in. Second was the rate of change, just as she felt like she mastered something the new flavor of the month would take hold and she had to start over.
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Re:You can’t fix diversity in tech without fixing the techni... by dozzie on Thursday November 03, 2016 @06:57AM (#12862855)
A man would feel unfit in exactly the same way when put into an environment composed of mostly women (e.g. teacher in ground education). No surprise here.

Then, your wife must have worked with dynamic web pages (a.k.a. web applications), probably frontend, to have that tool churn. Other areas don't change that quickly and even then new tool allows to use most of the past experience.

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Re:You can’t fix diversity in tech without fixing the techni... by facepalm on Thursday November 03, 2016 @06:33AM (#12862768)
What is she doing instead now?
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Re:You can’t fix diversity in tech without fixing the techni... by mark-r on Thursday November 03, 2016 @04:09PM (#12867490)
When our first child was born she decided to take a sideline sales business and make it full time, working from home. She does very well, in her peak year she made more than I did.
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